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Drugs, lack of shelters fuel rise of tent cities

September 27th, 2016 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized

the-province_news-articleLack of shelters and the emergence of fentanyl is “changing the game” in terms of homelessness, leading to more tent cities across the province, B.C.’s housing minister says

Rich Coleman said makeshift camps have spread beyond the big cities of Vancouver and Victoria to municipalities throughout B.C., prompted in part by migrants coming to B.C. from other parts of the country in hopes of better economic conditions but confronted by high housing costs and B.C.’s more potent street drugs.  Read the rest of this article at The Province…

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